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Every year on Sept. 11, Ed Dadakis drives to the waterfront park at Greenwich Point to read an essay he wrote about how he avoided death that day. He pulls out the detailed, seven-page report, which explains why he missed a morning meeting in his office on the 105th floor of New York City's World Trade Center and avoided the fate of more than 170 of his colleagues. It fulfills his vow of never forgetting the day, although, in fact, it is never really far from his mind. "It's something in the background all the time," Dadakis said. "It was cataclysmic. It was life-changing. It was the defining moment of our generation. It was our Pearl Harbor.'' The...

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